AIDS and India....For a Brighter tommorow
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- India is home to 2.3 million HIV positive people, third in terms of absolute numbers in the world. South Africa and Nigeria are the top two countries.
- Over 240,000 people are currently under anti-retro viral treatment.
- According to NACO, there are 5,000 counselling centres in India for HIV positive people. Of these, nearly 200 are providing treatment to infected people..
- A first-line treatment costs the government around Rs.4,500 per person/year.
- the second-line treatment is very expensive around Rs.40,000 per person/year.
This Years' Highlights :
- The number of HIV positive people in the country had declined by 400,000 over the last five years and new infections were down by at least 100,000 per year.
- 'In 2002, over 27 lakh (2.7 million) people in India were HIV positive. The number has gone down to 23 lakh (2.3 million) in 2007. We have reduced the number by over 400,000,' Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on the occasion of World AIDS Day.
- The Red Ribbon Express Phase-II, was flagged off by United Progressive Alliance chief Sonia Gandhi Tuesday morning, it would spread awareness among rural people of 10,000 villages in 141 districts.
- The Red Ribbon Express will halt in 152 stations in high prevalence areas during its year-long journey.
- During its halts, volunteers will 'disseminate information regarding prevention and services. It will develop an understanding about the infection in order to reduce stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.
- The eight-coach train with both doctors and volunteers on board will also strengthen people's knowledge about general health.
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Dear Niklesh,
Any information on how much success NACO has achieved so far? What other agencies and NGOs are involved in spreading awareness about the diseases.
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good work..........
good work..........
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Thank You for your comments Ms Supriya
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Niklesh Rao V
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good work............
good work............
Supriya vavilapalli
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dear nik.. Good job by our
dear nik..
Good job by our government..Red ribbon express may bring some rainbow colors to HIV affected patients..keep blogging..
Sirisha Pingali http://www.pharmainfo.net/sirisha/biography
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Thank you for the comments Ms.Sirisha
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Niklesh Rao V
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very concise and clear data
very concise and clear data ... keep sending valuable blogs...
Vedika Gulati Team Infinity "∞" http://www.pharmainfo.net/blog/team-infinity
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Thank you for the comments Ms.Vedika
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Niklesh Rao V
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hi
Niklesh,
The data you provided is concise and clear.
Its great to know that the number has declined this shows that there improvement.
So lets all hope that this evil wil eradicate very soon.
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Thank you for the comments Ms.Aishwarya. The AIDS epidemic can be eradicated only by the combined efforts of all the peoples from all walks of life especially health professionals like PHARMACISTS :)
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Niklesh Rao V
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hi, What you said is right we
hi,
What you said is right we will definately participate in removing this evil.
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V.B.S.Aishwarya
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Good one
Dear Niklesh,
good one.
Such social awareness programme should be known to the health professionals.
Keep updating us.
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Shiv
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Thank you for the comments Mr.Majumdar. Yes sir, health care professionals in India are really striving to eradicate this dread.
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Niklesh Rao V
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Dear Mr.Nikilesh,
Nice informative blog.
National AIDS Control Project III also working on reducing the incidence and prevalence of AIDS in India.
The overall goals of NACP-III is to halt and reverse the epidemic in India over the next five years by integrating programmes for prevention, care and support and treatment. This will be achieved through a four-pronged strategy:
·Prevent infections through saturation of coverage of high-risk groups with targeted interventions (TIs) and scaled up interventions in the general population.
·Provide greater care, support and treatment to larger number of PLHA.
·Strengthen the infrastructure, systems and human resources in prevention, care, support and treatment programmes at district, state and national levels.
·Strengthen the nationwide Strategic Information Management System.
The specific objective is to reduce the rate of incidence by 60 per cent in the first year of the programme in high prevalence states to obtain the reversal of the epidemic, and by 40 percent in the vulnerable states to stabilise the epidemic.
Dr.S.Gunasakaran,MBBS,MD.
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Thank you for the comments Mr.Gunasakaran. Good post on your part
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Dear .. Great update.. To
Dear ..
Great update..
To which states will this train be travelling across India?
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Its nice!!!
Its a great info Mr.Niklesh. Good work..
Lets hope the number of HIV+ve people would still become less in the coming years in India.
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Bhavani Prasad.V
Thank you Mr.Prasad. Yes I
Thank you Mr.Prasad. Yes I hope AIDS be eradicated in India in the near future.
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Niklesh Rao V
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